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Friday, February 10, 2012

Free and Bargain Book Roundup

If you pre-ordered "The Assassin Trilogy: The Silver Bear, Columbus, Dark Men" by Derek Haas, be sure and open the book that was delivered this week - it appears that a major screw-up or bait-and-switch has been committed, as the product page is missing, the cover is now showing "The Face of the Assassin" and the book is actually the Oxford Classics' edition of Moby Dick. Be sure to write Amazon and both get a refund and protest not getting the book paid for.

For those who ordered The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers, by Karl Iglesias, when it was the nook Daily Find (all of yesterday!), you might want to get a refund and re-order, as the price has dropped from $3.99 to $2.72.

KoboBooks is running a Great Deals on Romantic Reads sale, with 33 titles priced at $0.99 to $2.99.

Fan's of Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series will want to pick up Thread of Death ($1.99), a novella that fits between Spider's Revenge and the forthcoming By a Thread (Feb 28), to be followed by Widow's Web (Aug 21). If you haven't started this series, hopefully you have the first title, Spider's Bite, which was marked down to $1.99 last fall and can get started.
Book Description
Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, might have finally killed her nemesis, Mab Monroe, but that doesn’t mean that it’s smooth sailing. Gin goes to Mab’s funeral to say her goodbyes and runs into some of Ashland’s most notorious underworld power players, including Jonah McAllister and Phillip Kincaid. McAllister wants her dead, and Kincaid has his own murky motives when it comes to the Spider, and Gin once again finds herself fighting for her life. Only this time, she might wind up in the cemetery right next to Mab….

Easy Pickings ($2.99) is a crossover novella by CE Murphy and Faith Hunter, authors of The Walker Papers (Luna) and Jane Yellowrock (Penguin) series, respectively. In this self-published work, they have teamed up the heroines from each series in a shared world that matches neither ones usual environment.
Book Description
Two heroines. Two magics.

One world.

There’s nowhere in America like the Big Easy. Just ask Jane Yellowrock, shapeshifting vampire killer, whose hunting grounds run the length and breadth of the Bayou.

Just ask Joanne Walker, whose shamanic magic has drawn her to the heart of American Weird.

But it’s not Joanne’s world, and it isn’t Jane’s either. In a New Orleans where Katrina never hit and supposedly-dead vampires stalk the streets, Jane and Jo have to find and defeat the magic that brought them there–or they just might find themselves…

EASY PICKINGS!

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 9th Edition ($1.99 pre-order), by Benjamin Spock M.D. and Robert Needlman M.D
Book Description
With over 50 million copies in print, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care is now available as an e-book. Updated and expanded by Dr. Robert Needlman, this is the book that will answer the questions parents have about raising their children in today's modern world. Providing advice on a wide range of subjects--such as choosing your baby's doctor, what makes toddler's tick, and common behavior concerns--this book also covers new subjects for today's modern family, including: adoption; discipline; the internet, video games, and TV, gay and lesbian parents; divorce; eating disorders; planning for college; and much more.

That's Amore ($1.99 pre-order), by Wendy Markham
Book Description
Ralphie Chickalini is on the verge of living happily ever after with the perfect woman. His fiance Francesca Maria Buccigrossi of Astoria Boulevard is a curvaceous, fun-loving brunette. His late father, whose recent death the family is still mourning, adored Francesca's homemade pesto sauce and declared her a "keeper," his brothers think she's a hoot, his sisters adore her, and his nephews and niece already call her "aunt." But as the wedding date approaches, Ralphie begins to question his love.

When Ralphie bumps into two psychic sisters at a New Year's Eve party, his life will be thrown in an unexpected direction. Daria and Tammy might not look alike, but they do have more than just a maternal bloodline in common. They both have a psychic gift. Tammy or "Madame Tamare" is a storefront psychic who predicted the marriage between Ralphie's brother Dominic's marriage and an unlikely bride. Now, Daria is channeling a spirit with a message for Ralphie: his father has returned to guide him to true love. But Daria has her own life to live, and she plans to move back to Arizona, messages from another world aside. Despite contrary inclinations, Daria and Ralphie will soon realize that their paths are destined to collide.

Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels ($2.99), by Sarah Wendell
Book Description
Take a dashing hero with a heart of gold and a mullet of awesome. Add a heroine with a bustle and the will to kick major butt. Then include enough contrivances to keep them fighting while getting them alone and possibly without key pieces of clothing, and what do you have? A romance novel. What else? Enough lessons about life, love, and everything in between to help you with your own happily-ever-after.

Fallen Angel: A Novel ($2.99), by Jeff Struecker and Alton Gansky
Book Description
Major Jeff Struecker (a real life Black Hawk Down veteran) and his award-winning coauthor tell a space-based intelligence story of intense extremes in their new novel, Fallen Angel, named for the "Angel-12" American satellite that is ambushed by China and falls 22,000 miles to land in remote Siberia. U.S. Sgt. Major Eric Moyer and his Special Ops unit are deployed to find Angel-12 and keep its advanced nuclear fuel from enemy hands-and there are many. A Russian shadow government bent on restoring the former USSR pursues the satellite as does the Chinese special forces group that knocked it from the sky. A rash of military and domestic hostage concerns ensues as the stark truth looms: three nations are racing to the satellite, but only one will get there first.

Dirty Work ($1.99 pre-order), by Larry Brown
Book Description
Dirty Work is the story of two men, strangers—one white, the other black. Both were born and raised in Mississippi. Both fought in Vietnam. Both were gravely wounded. Now, twenty-two years later, the two men lie in adjacent beds in a VA hospital.Over the course of a day and a night, Walter James and Braiden Chaney talk of memories, of passions, of fate.

With great vision, humor, and courage, Brown writes mostly about love in a story about the waste of war.

Blues: the Basics ($2.72), by dick weissman
Book Description
Blues: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of the blues; it is ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this treasured American artform. The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues's growth and development. It opens with a chapter defining the blues form and detailing the major genres within it. Next, the author gives the beginning blues fan points on how to listen to and truly enjoy the music. The heart of the book traces blues's growth from its folk origins through early recordings of city blues singers like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and country blues stars like Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Finally, the author gives an overview of the blues scene today. The book concludes with lists of key recordings, books, and videos.

Blues: The Basics serves as an excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make blues an enduring and well-loved musical style.

The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency ($2.99), by Matthew M. Aid
Book Description
In February of 2006, Matthew Aid’s discovery of a massive secret historical document reclassification program then taking place at the National Archives made the front page of the New York Times. This discovery is only the tip of the iceberg of Aid’s more than twenty years of intensive research, culled from thousands of pages of formerly top secret documents. In The Secret Sentry, he details the untold history of America’s most elusive and powerful intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), since the end of World War II. This will be the first comprehensive history of the NSA, most recently in the news with regards to domestic spying, and will reveal brand new details about controversial episodes including the creation of Israel, the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall, and the invasion of Iraq. Since the beginning of the Cold War, the NSA has become the most important source of intelligence in the US government: 60% of the president’s daily briefing comes from the NSA. Matthew Aid will reveal just how this came to be, and why the NSA has gone to such great lengths to keep its history secret.

There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Her Country’s Children ($2.99), by Melissa Fay Greene
Book Description
Two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene puts a human face on the African AIDS crisis with this powerful story of one woman working to save her country’s children.

After losing her husband and daughter, Haregewoin Teferra, an Ethiopian woman of modest means, opened her home to some of the thousands of children in Addis Ababa who have been left as orphans. There Is No Me Without You is the story of how Haregewoin transformed her home into an orphanage and day-care center and began facilitating adoptions to homes all over the world, written by a star of literary nonfiction who is herself an adoptive parent. At heart, it is a book about children and parents, wherever they may be, however they may find each other.

You just have time to study a few ideas from 1001 Ways to Be Romantic: Now Completely Revised and More Romantic Than Ever ($2.99) or 1001 Ways to Be Romantic: More Romantic Than Ever ($2.99), by Gregory J.P Godek, before next Tuesday.
Book Description
More Romantic than Ever!

Sure, you could buy some roses.
Yes, you could cook an elegant romantic dinner.
Of course, you could give a heart-shaped box of chocolates.

But sometimes you want to do more than that. Sometimes you want to show just how much you really care, how much passion you really feel, and how much more your partner means to you than absolutely anything else.

Packed with unique suggestions, easy gestures, and thoughtful gift ideas, 1001 Ways to Be Romantic is "worth memorizing" (Boston Herald). More than one and a half million people have used this book to kick up the fun and romance, making it a modern classic and #1 national bestseller. It's a must-have for anyone, in any relationship, who wants to spark some more love in their lives.

For those who have no one to practice the above techniques upon, you might be interested in Love by the Numbers: How to Find Great Love or Reignite the Love You Have Through the Power of Numerology ($2.69), by Glynis McCants (and you thought studying math was a waste of time! Oh, wait...).
Book Description
The love you have always desired is in the Numbers?

International bestselling author and media sensation Glynis McCants created this exciting guide to love through the power of Numerology because she believes that the greatest gift one can receive is that of true and lasting love. The secret is in understanding you and your partner by the Numbers, and gaining the insights you need to keep your love thriving!

Glynis' celebrated system is a contemporary spin on the ancient Science of Numerology that is easy to use and amazingly accurate. She'll teach you the simple way to create a Numerology Blueprint that reveals what kind of mate would fulfill your?or a potential mate's?innermost needs and desires.
  • If you're single, you'll learn how to pick the right partner from the start!
  • If you're in a relationship that's lost its spark, you'll have the information you need to reignite the passionate love you once had.
With Love by the Numbers as your guide, you can ensure that your love relationship stays healthy, satisfying, and on track for a lifetime.

Today's backlist/small press/indie free books on Kindle (not likely to be free for long; double check prices before one-clicking):
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